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Military should fund its own modernisation

Boosting its capital expenditure does not require a great deal of money

Ministry of Defence allocates Rs 500 cr for designing innovative products

The iDEX initiative was launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in April 2018, with the aim of fostering innovation and technology development in defence and aerospace

The mirage of self-reliance

In the absence of robust technological and project management structures, MoD's indigenisation drive will remain questionable

India was world's 3rd-biggest military spender in 2020, behind US and China

The five biggest spenders in 2020 were the United States, China, India, Russia and the United Kingdom, which together accounted for 62 per cent of world military spending

Integration among 3 services key to face future security challenges: CDS

General Rawat dispelled apprehensions on Wednesday that the creation of theatre commands to increase the synergy among the Army, Navy and Air Force would lead to one service usurping the other two

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Zeus Numerix: This MSME is working to make warships invisible to radar

Pune-based Zeus Numerix's software simulation earlier helped integrate BrahMos missile with Sukhoi-30MKI

Changing a monolith

The plans currently afoot to restructure the military raise several questions about the command structure and accretion of power

India has world's fourth strongest armed forces: Military Direct's study

China has the strongest military force in the world while India stands at number four, according to a study released on Sunday by defence website Military Direct

First tri-service missile gets underway with roll-out of MRSAM components

The MRSAM has been developed for the army, navy and air force by DRDO, in close partnership with Israel Aerospace Industries

Defence Budget: Military gets 28% less budget than it projected

Money requested for equipment modernisation slashed by 38 per cent

Need to develop military into a future force: PM at top commanders' meet

Prime Minister Narendra Modi called for a holistic approach focused on breaking down civil-military silos and on expediting decision-making

DRDO conducts successful flight test of SFDR technology

The Defence Research and Development Organisation on Friday successfully conducted a flight test of Solid Fuel Ducted Ramjet (SFDR) technology in Odisha, official sources said. The test was carried out at around 10.30 am from the integrated test range (ITR) launch platform at Chandipur, they said. The successful demonstration of the SFDR technology will enable DRDO to develop long-range air to air missiles, the sources said. During the test, all subsystems including the ground booster motor have performed as expected, they added.

Guj: PM to address commanders' conference at Kevadia tomorrow

Modi will be in Gujarat on Saturday to address a conference of the country's top military leadership at Kevadia in Narmada district

Ensuring military capability

There is little urgency in govt's approach to modernisation

9 rounds of military talks held with China, parleys to continue: Jaishankar

External Affairs Minister said senior military commanders of India and China held nine rounds of talks on process of disengagement of troops in eastern Ladakh and the parleys will continue in future

Aero India 2021: Air Force looks to industry for indigenising spares

With this digitisation providing the IAF with a firm grip on its inventories, it has begun reducing reliance on foreign OEMs by launching a major programme of indigenising spares

Objective is to win conflicts with home-made weapons: CDS Gen Rawat

After the government approved a deal to buy 83 Light Combat Aircraft Tejas fighter jets, Chief of Defence Staff General Rawat said it is a boost for the Centre's Make in India initiative

Govt clears purchase of 83 indigenous Tejas light combat aircraft

India's largest indigenous defence procurement deal is worth Rs 45,696 cr

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